October 2009

Posted on September 7, 2009

Welcome to the 100th volume of Dancing Times! As you have probably already noticed, we have taken the opportunity to refresh and redesign the magazine cover with this issue, and also the popular Teachers and Training pages.

We hope you like the results. This month, we mark the 40th anniversary of the ever-enterprising Northern Ballet Theatre with several features. On page 12, David Nixon, artistic director of Northern Ballet Theatre, provides us with a heart-felt Talking Point column; Kevin Berry looks back over the company’s past and into its future in newly built premises in Leeds on page 28; and in the Into Dance! pages, Northern Ballet Theatre soloist Victoria Sibson is our Dancer of the Month. Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer Chi Cao, star of the movie Mao’s Last Dancer, talks about his career and his work on the film with Gerald Dowler on page 14; and on page 33, Nadine Meisner pays a visit to Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet Academy. In October 2010, the magazine reaches its 100th birthday, and we have many plans and ideas on how best to celebrate this momentous event. In the meantime, you can rely on Dancing Times to maintain its extensive coverage of news, dance health and education issues, reviews and topical features.

Simon Oliver has been production editor of Dancing Times since 2010 and is highly experienced in design across print and online magazine production. Throughout his career, Simon has worked on a diverse range of subjects including music, family history, book collecting and poker.